| Dark Souls III | |
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| Developer(s) | FromSoftware |
| Publisher(s) | Bandai Namco Entertainment
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| Programmer(s) | Takeshi Suzuki |
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| Series | Dark Souls |
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| Release | PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Dark Souls III[a] is a 2016 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows. The third and final entry in the Dark Souls series, the game follows an unkindled character on a quest to prevent the end of the world. It is played in a third-person perspective, and players have access to various weapons, armour, magic, and consumables that they can use to fight their enemies. Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of the series, returned to direct the game after handing the development duties of Dark Souls II to others.
Dark Souls III was critically and commercially successful, with critics calling it a worthy and fitting conclusion to the series. It shipped over three million copies within its first two months and over 10 million by 2020. Two downloadable content (DLC) expansions, Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City, were also made. Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition, containing the base game and both expansions, was released in April 2017. Dark Souls III: Deluxe Edition is identical to The Fire Fades Edition with the exception of having to download the DLCs separately.
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